“Don’t take a gamble with your life” is the message to maintenance workers from Steve Coldrick, Director of the Health and Safety Executive’s Disease Reduction Programme.
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Monthly archives: September 2006
Maintenance workers warned – don’t take the gamble with asbestos
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum (CDOIF). Agenda and minutes.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Agenda and Minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday, 18 July 2006.
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Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) meeting details
Friday, September 8, 2006
The agenda and the minutes from the Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) meeting held on 20th October 2005 are now available.
Offshore Industry Advisory Committee (OIAC) meetings
Motor vehicle repair – Paint sprayers health and safety event
Friday, September 8, 2006
Friday 10th November 2006, College of North West London. Two places available for each company.
BUPA Care Homes fined £90,000 after the tragic death of a 95-year old woman in their care
Friday, September 8, 2006
BUPA Care Homes Ltd has been fined £90,000 and ordered to pay £19,247 costs to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in a prosecution by the HSE, following the death of 95-year-old woman, Mrs Charlotte Wood from Mottingham.
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Justin McCracken, HSE Deputy Chief Executive responds to an article in The Daily Telegraph – “Spending on spin trebles under Blair ” 30.08.06
Friday, September 8, 2006
Justin McCracken, HSE Deputy Chief Executive responds to an article in The Daily Telegraph entitled “Spending on spin trebles under Blair” in which it is claimed that HSE have 58 press officers.
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CDG Prohibition Notices
Friday, September 8, 2006
Update of Carriage of dangerous goods Prohibition Notices issued by Police or VOSA
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Amendments to the Carriage of Dangerous Goods manual
Friday, September 8, 2006
Amendments have been made to the CDG manual in the light of the experience of enforcement officers in the 2 ½ years since the Carriage Regulations came into force.
REHIS Health and Safety Update Course, Scotland, 26 – 28 September 2006
Friday, September 8, 2006
This is an afternoon event at the Westwood Hotel in Cumbernauld to provide information and training on the control of Legionnaires Disease to Local Authority Health and Safety Inspectors.
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Migrant workers: Injury and ill health statistics in agriculture
Friday, September 8, 2006
Lack of information about the size of the migrant working population in the industry, the limitations of existing statutory and other reporting systems and associated, gross under-reporting of work-related injury and ill health in the industry means it is impossible to estimate the potential contribution of these workers to the reported injury and ill health [...]
Evaluating the evidence base for effective health and safety management. HSL/2006/67
Thursday, September 7, 2006
There is acknowledgement within the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that there are competing views regarding effective health and safety management models. The current HSE approach to health and safety management, captured in the publication HSG 65 ‘Successful Health and Safety Management’, is eighteen years old, and the extent that it fulfils all of the [...]
Risk education in engineering development of year one materials – HSL/2006/61
Thursday, September 7, 2006
This report introduces the idea of educating engineering undergraduates about risk in the industry, and how they can overcome the many factors that contribue towards risk.
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Woodnig news – Issue 28, August 2006
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Issue 28 of the Woodnig newsletter is now available, introducing the new Principal Inspector as well as information about the new Noise Regulations and workplace transport advice.
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Heath and Safety Commission promotes safe systems of work to reduce fatalities in waste and recycling collection work – C022:06
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Chair of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), Bill Callaghan was today in Northampton to promote the guidance document ‘Waste and recycling vehicles in street collection’ and to thank those in the industry who had worked to devise the standards set out in the guidance.
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Agriculture E-bulletin – Issue No. 4
Monday, September 4, 2006
Fourth edition of HSE’s Agriculture E-bulletin – a free regular update of news and information from the Health & Safety Executive, keeping you informed of the latest issues affecting agriculture and it’s associated industries.
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Asbestos Essentials guidance now available
Monday, September 4, 2006
These free publications focus on: asbestos insulating board, asbestos cement, other asbestos containing material and the equipment and methods used regarding asbestos related tasks.
Asbestos Essentials
NHBC/HSE health and safety seminars. October 25, 26, 31 and November 1, 15, 16
Monday, September 4, 2006
Signficant health and safety regulations affecting the construction industry are changing. From April 2007, the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations will come into force. These will have a significant impact on the construction industry. These seminars will give you the latest information on these changes and the chance to discuss other health and safety [...]
‘Industry must do more to meet offshore safety targets’, says HSE – 1 September 2006 – E089:06
Friday, September 1, 2006
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published safety statistics for the offshore industry during 2005/06. The figures show that two workers were killed and 50 suffered major injuries. This compares to no fatalities and 48 major injuries in 2004/05.
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HSE to take over electricity supply safety regulation – E090:06
Friday, September 1, 2006
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to become the sole regulator for all safety issues associated with electricity transmission and distribution, following transfer of part of the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) Engineering Inspectorate.
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